Question

Below are the jersey numbers of 11 players randomly selected from a football team. Find the​ range, variance, and standard deviation for the given sample data.
33 29 97 56 26 78 83 74 65 47 58
What do the results tell​ us?
A. Jersey numbers are nominal data that are just replacements for names, so the resulting statistics are meaningless.
B. Jersey numbers on a football team vary much more than expected.
C. The sample standard deviation is too large in comparison to the range.
D. Jersey numbers on a football team do not vary as much as expected.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option(A) is correct

Jersey numbers are nominal data that are just replacements for names, so the resulting statistics are meaningless.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given data set in the question are ;33, 29, 97, 56, 26, 78, 83, 74, 65, 47, 58

the range can be determined by finding the highest value and subtract it to the lowest value. In this case the values are:

Highest = 97

Lowest = 71

Range = highest value - Minimum value

Range = 97 - 26 = 71

$Range= 71$

mean of the data is the summation of all the numbers in the data set divided by the number of given samples.

Mean = (33 + 29 + 97 + 56+ 26 + 78 + 83 74+ 65 + 47 + 58)/11

= 647/11

$Mean value =58.7$

Now to find the variance of the data set by using below formular

σ²=[ (xᵢ -mean)²]/n-1

[(33-58.7)² +(29-58.7)²+( 97-58.7)²+( 56-58.7)²+( 26 -58.7)²+(78-58.7)²+( 83 -58.7)²+(74-58.7)²+( 65-58.7)²+( 47 -58.7)²+(58 -58.7)²]/10

$Variance=546$

Now, we will calculate standard deviation by taking square root over variance

σ =√(variance)

σ =√(546)

$Standard deviation= 23.4$

Hence, the range is 71 ,variance is 546 and standard deviation is 23.4 therefore,

Option A is the answer that is Jersey numbers are nominal data that are just replacements for names, so the resulting statistics are meaningless.